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in the list @code{find-file-hook}.
@end defun

@node Saving Buffers
@section Saving Buffers

  When you edit a file in Emacs, you are actually working on a buffer
that is visiting that file---that is, the contents of the file are
copied into the buffer and the copy is what you edit.  Changes to the
buffer do not change the file until you @dfn{save} the buffer, which

Name}).

@node Reading from Files
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Reading from Files

  You can copy a file from the disk and insert it into a buffer
using the @code{insert-file-contents} function.  Don't use the user-level
command @code{insert-file} in a Lisp program, as that sets the mark.

@ref{Magic File Names}.

@node Writing to Files
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Writing to Files

  You can write the contents of a buffer, or part of a buffer, directly
to a file on disk using the @code{append-to-file} and
@code{write-region} functions.  Don't use these functions to write to
files that are being visited; that could cause confusion in the

@end defmac

@node File Locks
@section File Locks
@cindex file locks

  When two users edit the same file at the same time, they are likely
to interfere with each other.  Emacs tries to prevent this situation
from arising by recording a @dfn{file lock} when a file is being
modified.  (File locks are not implemented on Microsoft systems.)

for its usual definition is in @file{userlock.el}.
@end defun

@node Information about Files
@section Information about Files

  The functions described in this section all operate on strings that
designate file names.  With a few exceptions, all the functions have
names that begin with the word @samp{file}.  These functions all
return information about actual files or directories, so their

which generate the listing with Lisp code.
@end defvar

@node Create/Delete Dirs
@section Creating and Deleting Directories
@c Emacs 19 features

  Most Emacs Lisp file-manipulation functions get errors when used on
files that are directories.  For example, you cannot delete a directory
with @code{delete-file}.  These special functions exist to create and

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in the list @code{find-file-hook}.
@end defun

@node Saving Buffers
@section Saving Buffers
@cindex saving buffers

  When you edit a file in Emacs, you are actually working on a buffer
that is visiting that file---that is, the contents of the file are
copied into the buffer and the copy is what you edit.  Changes to the
buffer do not change the file until you @dfn{save} the buffer, which

Name}).

@node Reading from Files
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Reading from Files
@cindex reading from files

  You can copy a file from the disk and insert it into a buffer
using the @code{insert-file-contents} function.  Don't use the user-level
command @code{insert-file} in a Lisp program, as that sets the mark.

@ref{Magic File Names}.

@node Writing to Files
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@section Writing to Files
@cindex writing to files

  You can write the contents of a buffer, or part of a buffer, directly
to a file on disk using the @code{append-to-file} and
@code{write-region} functions.  Don't use these functions to write to
files that are being visited; that could cause confusion in the

@end defmac

@node File Locks
@section File Locks
@cindex file locks
@cindex lock file

  When two users edit the same file at the same time, they are likely
to interfere with each other.  Emacs tries to prevent this situation
from arising by recording a @dfn{file lock} when a file is being
modified.  (File locks are not implemented on Microsoft systems.)

for its usual definition is in @file{userlock.el}.
@end defun

@node Information about Files
@section Information about Files
@cindex information about files
@cindex file, information about

  The functions described in this section all operate on strings that
designate file names.  With a few exceptions, all the functions have
names that begin with the word @samp{file}.  These functions all
return information about actual files or directories, so their

which generate the listing with Lisp code.
@end defvar

@node Create/Delete Dirs
@section Creating and Deleting Directories
@cindex creating and deleting directories
@c Emacs 19 features

  Most Emacs Lisp file-manipulation functions get errors when used on
files that are directories.  For example, you cannot delete a directory
with @code{delete-file}.  These special functions exist to create and